A 24-year-old woman in Jajmau, Uttar Pradesh was allegedly slashed with a sharp edged weapon by her husband on the pretext of meeting her on Wednesday evening. The woman was found lying in a pool of blood on the highway near the Jajmau checkpost. Some passersby who saw the woman alerted the police, who then took her to a nearby private hospital. The woman told the police that her husband, a man from Tadbigya, had called her on the pretext of meeting on Wednesday evening and then took her to the highway near Jajmau checkpost and slashed her left hand with a sharp edged weapon. The husband then fled leaving the woman bleeding on the highway. The police are investigating the matter.
